Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-04-12
A. I. MAXIM.

a. j. MANN
1, oflsn happen. ihl, large prices are
paid for brood mares. when little care
and Industry woald provide well bred
brood mares at less priee. The dam OF
George Is. Daniels (2:2D was las, year
hauling Jews peddIef' wagon a, Roeh'
ester, y. \. Dr. Day made a great
mistake when he let her 20, as she was
in fo.l las, year. Her breeding Is choice
and scarce nov in these parts. Sse was
by Greyhound. son Of HILLS Black
Hawk. She Was. like the dam OF LILY
Lang,ry, quite q ,io,,er. ia mare Is a
producer oae may be parioaed for buy
Ing her, even IL her age is advanced. The
age Of production Il. believe. terminsi.
ed only at death. II mares cease to pro-
due. Il /, because their coalition Is per-
mi,,sd TO become enfeebled. | have
seen the dam Of Nellie u. (2;2O) suck.
ling col, long after she had los, most
Of her teeth, and was KEEP, alive and IN
robas. health by careful attention to her
feed. The dam Of Charley Il. (2:25l
dropped her be., two. the horse named
aud Myrtle (?:25i), after she was thirty
years Of age. Twas told by person
who had the be,, opportunities TO kno"
tha, Ry.dyks Hsmole,onian would have
lived much longer II bis penurioas owner
had paid little money TO have his teeth
cared for. am Of the opinion ,hi, he
WAS, like many le. meri,oriou' animals,
starved TO death. not FOR lack OF food.
but because he Was unable TO grind aud
a.similA,e II.
The horse Henry Clay Jr.. owned by
the Lobdsll Car Wheel Company OF
Wilmington. Del. now ,wenty-eishi
years Of age. has exeellen, teeth. but was
unable to grind his feed. because the 10.
ei.or teeth had grown 50 long that his
grinders could no, come together to per-
form their functions. The teeth are eS'
ceedinsly hard. and |, took two dentists
nearly . day each to reduce the length
,utficien,ly, Aad now the old fellow
grind, his hay and oats like colt. so
mare. and horses by care. therefore. may
bs kep, In q reproducing health long past
the aye assigned 70 them 10 the past An
exceedingly well.informed gentleman told
me last week that q mare never produced
more than eleven colts. lie must be mis-
taken; q glance through the registers and
| .,ndhooks will show many that produced
more than that number. The dam OF Bon
ME Scotland, for instance, produced over
twenty colts, and never missed oui one
year. Bonnie Scotland WAS the fifteenth,
1 believe, In this Succession. OLD mares
should, besides having their teeth carefully
attended To, have their feed carefully pre-.
pared. Clover hay, gathered sweet, and
carefully cured and cut into chan, u
wholesome and nutritious feed, scslded
snd mixed with ground oats aud middlings
Long food should not be fed, as IL IL sp'
10 clog the bowels and cause cole. -.
Still, unless mares are OF great merit. II
does not pay 10 keep them once they cease
producing regularly, and rsqalre specisiy
prepared food. The most eeonomieal
course II TO buy very young mares, oreec
them at two years Of age. keep them breed.
Ing until they are ak or seven, then sell
them. In this way they VIII pay Tor theil
own keep. IL II stated In some horse
books that breeding 90 young Induces lee
bleness, and dstrscts from the snostsnce o
the oily. have never seen any result
bot good from the practice, and have nev
er heard anything but commeufauor
from those VINO prsc.iced IL.